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An Interview with Yvette J. Saavedra, winner of the Antonia I. Castañeda Prize

Jun 12 2024
Every year the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) awards the Antonia I. Castañeda Prize to recognize historical scholarship that examines the intersections of class, race, gender, and sexuality, as it relates to Chicana/Latina and/or Native/Indigenous women. This year, hist
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How did Women Participate in Mexico’s Independence Movement?

Nov 23 2021
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos's current issue features a thematic section on the bicentennial of Mexican independence, which highlights the contribution of political actors generally ignored in official tributes to heroic figures. Specifically, the issue includes articles that examine the parti
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Author Spotlight: Silvia Arrom on writing about the famous Mexican Independence Heroine La Güera Rodríguez

Sep 27 2021
September 27th, 2021 marks the 200-year anniversary of the day Mexico achieved independence. In honor of the date, we reached out to Silvia Marina Arrom to discuss her new book, La Güera Rodríguez: The Life and Legends of a Mexican Independence Heroine. María Ignacia Rodríguez de Velasco y Osori
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